Posted on 09/16/2005 1:49:00 AM PDT by Argh
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of four "Words for the Day".
1. tenebrific [te-ne-BRIF-ic, adjective, from Latin tenebrae, meaning darkness]
1. gloomy
2. causing gloom or darkness
3. Sometimes used poetically to mean "sad"
2. lachrymose [LAK-ri-mose, adjective, from Latin lacrima meaning tear]
1. given to tears or weeping: suffused with tears: tearful
2. fit to bring tears or induce mournfulness: dismal, melancholy
3. lugubrious [pronounced luh-GOOB-bree-yus, adjective, from Latin lugere, to mourn]
1. Expressive of, marked by, or giving rise to grief or sorrow: mournful; especially exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
2. Disposed to gloom: dismal
4. saturnine [SAT-er-nine, adjective, from Latin Saturnus meaning Saturn, perhaps related to its distance from the sun]
1. Born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn: slow, sluggish
2. Of a moody or surly character: morose, sullen, mournful
3. Of or related to lead or lead poisoning
Example sentence:
Later. Maybe.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using one or more of the Words for the Day in one or more sentences.
The sentences must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Good Morning, Class. Welcome to School!
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
No pushing at the door please!
Lately, I've been hanging out on the back porch with CG. Only the hummingbirds fight out there.
Sounds nice.
And no cover charge. :)
Thanks, y'all!
I'm headed to Topsail Island (Surf City, NC) to celebrate at a friend's beachfront house.
Sorry for the delay, but Fridays are usually my busiest day of the week.
Congratulations, Xenalyte!! I wish you all the happiness in the world.
Home again and I've got dinner all put together to start cooking-all I've got to do is light the grill and turn on the cooktop and microwave. Thank you for the nice grade...
Yeah, the fun left that thread pretty quick.
I highly recommend the movie "Fever Pitch" with Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore - it is so great - about the 2003 Red Sox................
Well done, Jack!!
Don't make me issue an
ASH ALERT!
:^)
Thank you for the nice homework.
I made a note of that-is it available on DVD or is it on Direct TV-neither hubby or I like to go to the theater-and if we did, the nearest movie theater is nearly 30 miles away...
how are ya? i have been wondering if your looney toon has been up to anything down there lately?
check your mail, gal ; )
Has anyone else been watching "Rome" on HBO? I know patton watched one episode a couple of weeks ago, and Gabz doesn't get HBO-maybe it is just me, but I much prefer the BBC productions of historical events to any Hollyweird-produced series. And the British sense of humor in the script has me just howling at least two or three times per episode.
We rented it - just out this week
Thanks-I'll have to go to find it!
Huh?
And the air conditioning would be run by steam power then? ;-)
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